Stack configuration in Cat 3550

Hi,

I have connected two cat 3550 in point-to-point stack connection. I want to know the software configuration part of this. Will there be any master slave mode? how many management IPs will be there for this stack? will all the 48 interfaces will appear in a single CLI?

Re: Stack configuration in Cat 3550

The link that I pasted is from the lastest IOS's switch configuration guide 12.2(25)SEC release in july 2005.

I still believe that you can set up a switch cluster on 3550.

The Point to point stacking that you have setup is a gigastack configuration, which will give you 1000 MBPS full duplex backplane connectivity with stack switch switches. Still you need to set up switches as a switch cluster so that you cna manage them using a single IP.

Switch Clustering technology allows customers to manage a stack of devices within a wiring closet or a broadly dispersed set of devices across a campus as a single IP entity. Switch Clustering technology uses standard TCP/IP packets to distribute and collect management information for all switches in the cluster. Switch Clustering supports a broad range of physical interconnections, including the GigaStack GBIC.

Re: Stack configuration in Cat 3550

Hi,

Did you install the Tar file image on your box. You need a tar file image which has HTML files in int. You need to extract those file using command "archive download-sw ". Once you have those HTML files in the flash, enable HTTP server using global config commend" ip http server ". Also please check that you have the Java plug-in installed on you PC to access the CMS.

If you want you can also use CNA,but with CNA you can manage only one switch.

Re: Stack configuration in Cat 3550

Hi,

CNA can manage multiple devices. If devices are part of a cluster then type the IP address of the cluster command switch in the connect dialog of CNA or you can create a Community and add the devices that you wish to manage to the community. If there are access points and routers in the network then it is beeter to use Community to manage them as it is not possible to add access points and routers to a cluster.

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